In the story of Two Kinds Jing mei the main character and her mother that left everything behind in China never had a good relationship and always got into fights and wanted her to be the next Shirley Temple or a prodigy.
The Main conflict in the story is that Jing mei didn’t want to listen to her mother. Her Mother always wanted Jing mei to be the next shirley temple or a prodigy. Her mother would test her every night on magazines she got when she cleaned people's house and apartments. One day she tested her on a magazine that was a bought a 3 year old boy that knew all of the Capitals of the states in the United States. Her mother made Jing mei take piano lessons at Mr Chong’s but the problem was the Mr choung was deaf.